📖Recommend for Grades 9 and up📖
by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Aristotle “Ari” Mendoza is a fifteen-year-old loner. After meeting Dante while swimming at the pool one summer, the
two form a fast and fierce friendship. Having Dante in his life causes Ari to
break out of his shell and find the confidence to question things he has kept to
himself, such as why his parents act as if his older brother in prison never
existed. Over the course of a year and a half these two boys are just what the
other needed and may find that there is more to their relationship.
This story is narrated by and
ultimately Ari’s story of growth with Dante being a key person in it. LGBTQ+
elements do take place in this story and while there is an important moment
involving one, this story is so much more than that. Meaning nobody should be
turned away because characters are part of the LGBTQ+ community.
P.S. Lin
Manuel Miranda does the audio if you are interested.
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